Person:Dorothea Johannsen (1)

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, 22 Nov 1945, p. 17 (Obituary)

Mrs. Dora Wickmann [sic.]

    Funeral services for Mrs. Dora Wickmann, a Denver resident for 56 years, will be held at 2  p. m. Saturday  in Emmaus Lutheran Church.  Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.  Mrs. Wickmann died Wednesday.
    Mrs. Wickmann was born Dec. 5, 1862, in Germany.  With her husband,  Edward Wickmann,  and their five  children she came to this country in 1889.
    She  had been a member of the Emmaus Lutheran Church since 1907.
    Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Minnie Schoenher and Mrs. Dora Bodine, and two sons, Oscar and Edward Wickmann, all of  Denver; five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Source: Eulogy given at funeral service (Emmaus Lutheran Church) by Rev. Henry G. Hartner

MRS. DORA WICHMANN born Johannsen on the 5th day of December in the year 1862 in Germany, where also she was baptized in infancy for the remission of sin. There also she received her preliminary education, and after due instruction in the Word of the Lord was admitted to the communicant membership of the Lutheran church by the rite of confirmation in the year 1876. By the grace of our Lord she remained true to her profession of faith in Christ all the days of her life. She was joined in marriage with Mr. Edward Wichmann on February 3, 1882 in Hamburg. God blessed this union with nine children, five of whom, two sons and three daughters together with their father, have preceded her in death. Together with her family she came to America in the year of 1889 [should be 1890], and immediately came to Denver, where she has made her home ever since. Here in Denver she was a faithful member of St. John's Lutheran Church until the organization of Emmaus Lutheran in 1907, and since that time she has truly been a living member of the Body of Christ here at Emmaus. God blessed her with remarkable health throughout the days of her life and it was only in the last months that she has been ailing. The Saviour's call to her to come home was also a blessed event. Quietly while she was sleeping Wednesday morning, the Lord Jesus called her soul.

"It is not death to close the eye long dimmed by tears, and wake in glorious repose to spend eternal years."

She leaves to mourn her departure: Two daughters, Mrs. Minnie Shoenherr and Mrs. Dora Bodine, and two sons, Oscar and Edward, all of Denver. One sister, Mrs. Marie Carsten of Denver. Six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, together with other relatives and many friends. The days of her earthly pilgrimage were 82 years, 11 months and 16 days. Lord teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom and be saved through Christ, our blessed redeemer.

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   Birth & Baptism Register of Tating, in Garding Parish Register, Walter Schill, Compiler (1977), from the year 1862, current #53.
   
   Dorothea Catharina Johannsen, legitimate daughter of the woodcutter(?) Peter Johannsen and of Maria Elisabeth born Peters, 34 year old, the 6th child, the 5th living. Born Dec 6, 1862. Baptized Dec 21, 1863. Godparents: 1. Dorothea Elisabeth Ovens, 2. Catharina Maria Peters, 3. Peter Johannsen Jans.
   
   The validity of this statement from the register is confirmed by the Garding record office. Walter Schill, clerk